Wednesday, December 8, 2010

macabre

Omnipresent skulls, blood reds, the blackest of blacks and bruise-y blues combined for something that was fashionably scary.

Despite evoking such feelings, Rei Kawakubo (the designer)has said that the skull represents life, an oppistion to regular societal norms. (which is an everyday thing for ReiRei:))

"Kids That Shop At HotTopic" also sprung to mind as Skellington-ish skulls flooded the runway on A-line man-skirts and matching inverted fitted blazers and painted onto the backs of the models heads. That aspect combined with the Rockabilly accents of the checkerboard prints and slicked back do's brought a Gothic humor to the show. With that "humor" also came life, making perfect sense of the so-called "Skull Of Life".

@stan - yeah dont really like them that much in this context but u should check out her Spring 2010 collection, the skirts in that collection were more kilt-ish and manlier( I hope that makes sense...) and it went with the schoolboyvibezz of the show